Nashville schools rethink calendar after sessions during breaks were a bust

4:19 AM,
Jul. 20, 2013

Kyra Thomas enjoys the science room at Litton Middle School on Oct. 3, 2012, in Nashville. The 10-year-old attended Rocket Camp during the intersession. However, few students participated in intersessions offered by Metro, Lebanon Special School District and Wilson County schools.

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Lisa Fingeroot
| The Tennessean

Sparse attendance and a lack of funds are forcing some Middle Tennessee school systems to rethink the breaks they have set aside in the fall and spring for academic camps and consider returning those days to the school calendar as additional classroom time.

In Metro Nashville, school officials are ready to declare last year's intersessions a bust and move forward with other achievement-boosting plans that include adding days to the school year.

But experts have differing opinions on whether additional school days really help the students who lag behind their peers. A Vanderbilt ...